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What does it mean?
The government claims to be restoring religious life by first purifying public morality and politics.
In plain terms
Government seeks to revive religion by cleansing public life.
What can you take from it?
Political control often precedes religious revival.

Where it applies

  • political discourse
  • religious policy
  • statecraft

Putting it to work

  • examine links between state and religion
  • question moral purification campaigns

Questions to consider

  • Can a government truly revive religion?
  • What does moral purification mean in politics?

Another view

This frames state control as necessary for genuine religious freedom.

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